Chapter 34 New Year 2
Its fluffy, golden tail, like a feather duster, twitched in the frame, and its beautiful, jewel-like green eyes popped out from the lower left corner of the camera. As if realizing it was its mother video chatting with it, it meowed twice and happily walked back and forth in front of the camera.
Xu Mo took the phone handed to her by Lin Jingchuan, called Dudu's name several times, and said to Dudu, "Happy New Year's Eve, Dudu. I hope you will eat and drink well and be a happy kitten in the new year."
Dudu didn't respond to her, but a fair-skinned and handsome young man suddenly appeared on the screen. Fei Yiming smiled and greeted Xu Mo on the other side of the camera: "Happy New Year, sister-in-law."
Xu Mo looked at Lin Jingchuan beside her. Lin Jingchuan nodded and said, "This is my cousin Fei Yiming."
This was her first time meeting Lin Jingchuan's family. Unprepared and a little flustered, Xu Mo greeted the camera: "Hello, Happy New Year."
This was also the first time Fei Yiming met the legendary sister-in-law. He had imagined what kind of woman his cousin would like. His cousin was gentle and should like a gentle woman, but not too gentle. Although his cousin looked humble and polite, he was still a bit introverted in his bones, so he might like a girl who was a little spiritual and could bring him happiness.
The woman in the camera was wearing a white sweater, her skin was as white as snow, and her long hair was draped over her shoulders. Her almond-shaped eyes looked at Lin Jingchuan and then at the camera somewhat helplessly, with a bit of smartness and a bit of gentleness. Fei Yiming touched his nose and thought that this was indeed his cousin's dish.
Fei Yiming said with a smile: "Sister-in-law, don't worry, Dudu is doing well. I come to see him every day and he already knows me."
"Thank you."
Lin Jingchuan took the phone from Xu Mo and asked Fei Yiming, "Where are grandma and uncle?"
The camera flickered and turned to several people sitting on the sofa. The white-haired old man looked at the camera with a smile: "Jingchuan, we are all here."
Xu Mo took Lin Jingchuan's arm and said hurriedly: "Grandma, uncle, aunt, happy new year!"
"Momo, Happy New Year." Mrs. Fei said with a smile, "Come back to Guangzhou early after the New Year. I'll make delicious food for you and Jingchuan."
Xu Mo nodded: "Okay, thank you, aunt."
There are only four people in the video, my uncle, my aunt, my grandmother and Fei Yiming, no one else.
On the day they got the marriage certificate, Lin Jingchuan told her about his family situation. He said that his parents were divorced and his mother had died of illness a long time ago. His parents had an unhappy divorce and he rarely interacted with his father, so he spent every New Year with his grandmother and uncle's family.
Xu Mo was a little surprised at the time. She felt that Lin Jingchuan was a little pitiful, but she also felt that since his uncle's family and grandmother could raise him so well, they must all be good people. After seeing them through the video today, Xu Mo also felt that they seemed to be very good people.
After hanging up the phone, Xu Mo looked at Lin Jingchuan and touched his face: "After we go back, let's go see your mother first."
Lin Jingchuan was stunned for a moment, his eyes darkening. He held her hand, which had a faint, reassuring scent of jasmine. It must have been from the hand cream she'd applied. He lowered his eyes and asked, "Why do you suddenly want to see my mother?"
Xu Mo smiled and said, "I'm your new wife, shouldn't I accompany you to meet her?"
Lin Jingchuan slowly lowered her hand from his face. He was silent for a moment and whispered, "Maybe another day."
Xu Mo was stunned for a moment, but seeing that Lin Jingchuan suddenly looked worried, she didn't insist anymore and said, "Okay."
She glanced at the time and saw that it was almost lunchtime. She wanted to get up and said, "Let's go out. It's probably almost time for lunch."
Before she stood up, she suddenly felt herself being gently pulled into his arms. Lin Jingchuan's lips touched her ears, and his warm breath was sprinkled on her ears.
He suddenly hugged her without saying anything. Xu Mo felt a mixture of emotions. She regretted that she had mentioned his mother too much and inadvertently touched upon his childhood trauma. She really shouldn't have been so impulsive. Just because he had a good relationship with his uncle and grandmother, she inferred that he had a good relationship with his mother. See, it backfired.
After a long while, Xu Mo asked cautiously, "Are you okay?"
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"I'm sorry, I just overstepped my bounds." Xu Mo hugged him back, her fingers resting on his back. She chose her words carefully, "If you don't want to see me, then don't. It's okay. The most important thing is that we are happy."
A muffled laugh came from the neck. Xu Mo was stunned for a moment, and the fingers on his back moved. Lin Jingchuan's gentle voice came: "No, I just suddenly wanted to hug you."
Xu Mo patted his back gently: "You scared me to death. It's New Year's Day. I thought I made you unhappy."
"How could that be?" Lin Jingchuan nuzzled her neck. "I'm so touched. You finally care about me."
"Finally? I've always cared about you." Xu Mo said, "How could I not care about you?"
Lin Jingchuan said slowly: "I saw how you treated Zhao Tingyu in your circle of friends."
It turned out that he was still jealous. Xu Mo laughed: "That was just childish stuff that we did when we were young. Why do you care about it?"
Lin Jingchuan hugged her tighter, lowered his eyes and said nothing. He also knew that the girl's enthusiasm might only come once in her life. She was so unwavering in her previous love for Zhao Tingyu, and she probably wouldn't do that to him again.
"Then tell me you love me." He whispered in her ear.
Xu Mo smiled and said, "I love you."
Lin Jingchuan nodded with satisfaction: "Okay then."
Her body was very warm, and Lin Jingchuan quietly inhaled the faint floral scent on her body. When he held her, he felt particularly at ease. But not long after he held her, he heard the elders calling out from outside the door.
"Wash your hands and eat—"
Lin Jingchuan went to the kitchen to help serve the rice, and Xu Mo helped with the chopsticks. When she was counting the heads, she realized that Zhao Tingyu had not been there.
She glanced towards his room and saw the door was closed.
"Go call Tingyu." Xu Zhao instructed her while serving the dishes.
"Is he here?" Xu Mo asked.
"Yes, probably asleep." Xu Zhao said, "I guess he came back very late last night."
Xu Mo glanced at the kitchen. Lin Jingchuan was still serving rice. She walked through the living room and came to the door of Zhao Tingyu's room.
He raised his fingers, but before his knuckles could knock on the wooden door, it was opened from the inside.
With his hair half covering his forehead, Zhao Tingyu slowly raised his eyes to look at her.
He didn't say anything. His lips were dry and his eyes were dark. Xu Mo thought he was a little strange, but she couldn't put her finger on what. She just said, "Dad asked me to come and call you for dinner."
Zhao Tingyu nodded, looked away, walked around her and headed towards the restaurant.
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